Unit 1 Overview

Theme: Family

 

In Unit 1, the children will be exploring and talking about families and the many different ways family members relate to and help one another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she wants attention, and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend.  Besides listening to stories, children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.

 

Theme Concepts:

• Family members have role names: mother, father, sister and brother.
• Some family members live together; some live on other places but are still family members.
• Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can take care of younger siblings.
• Sometimes grown-ups in a family don’t like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
• Families do things together that are fun.
• Children sometimes get angry at parents.

 

Story Time:

Oonga Boonga

Peter’s Chair

 

Songs, Letters and Word Play (SLWP):

If You’re Happy and You Know It

Eentsy Weensty Spider

Ten Little Fingers

Stand Up

If Your Name Starts With_____, Raise Your Hand

 

Small Group:

Storytelling through pictures and words: the children will tell a story about a picture

Alphabet Letter Matching: Children will match uppercase letters

Patterns: Children will extend an AB pattern

Watch Me Count: Children will work on 1:1 correspondence

Draw and Label Pictures of Family: Children will draw a picture of their family

 

Choice Time:

Book Area: Exploring Books

Art Area/Table: Making Paper Collages, Painting with Primary Colors

Blocks: Building with Blocks

Puzzles and Manipulatives: Constructing Puzzles, Sort Buttons

Dramatic Play: Playing House

Writing Center: Writing My Name and My Friends Names

Settling In

This past week and next week we will continue to get to know your Friendly Frog. The activities we are working on are intended to show us a little bit of information about what kind of learner your child is. Most of these activities will be kept by us as work samples or hung in our classroom.

 

Books:

Ten Red Apples

The Tub People

A My Name is…

Will I Have A Friend

I Like Me

Choice Time:

Red Table: Beads for necklaces

Yellow Table: Play dough

Block Area: Rescue Heroes

Rug: Don’t Break the Ice

Dramatic Play: House corner

Songs:

Going to Kentucky

Bananas Song

Alphabet Vacation

I Like Potatoes

 

Small Group:

Tissue paper leaf

Sorting apples by size

Draw a person

Writing different lines and shapes

 

Thank you if you already sent in the $10.00 contribution for supplies, if you haven’t, please send it in.

Just a reminder that our classroom is a peanut butter and nut free room.

First Week Of School

It was great seeing everyone at the open house yesterday. We are looking forward to an exciting school year. During the first few weeks of school we will be focusing on developing classroom expectations, routines, and getting to know each other. We will also be completing some basic skill assessments.

Books:
Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom
My Friend Bear
The Kissing Hand
The Tub People

Small Group Activities:
First Letters: The children will decorate the first letter in their name with different art mediums. The letters will be hung up at school.

Shape Sorting: The children will sort shapes and then glue them onto a piece of paper.

Frog Math Book: The children will work on 1:1 correspondence up to 5. They will use frog stickers to represent the number of frogs needed on each page.

Puzzle: The children will work on therir visual perceptual skills as they put a frog puzzle together.

Coloring Shapes: The children will color 4 different shapes using different colors.

Choice Time:
Red Table: making playdough
Yellow Table: arts-n-craft activities
Rug Area: building manipulatives (Legos, Lincoln Logs)
Block Area: wooden and cardboard blocks
Dramatic Play: housecorner
Sensory Table: sand
Book Corner: books
Writing Center: drawing pictures and writing letters

Songs:
I Have A Friend
ABC
Old McDonald Had A Farm
Wheels on the Bus

REMINDERS: Please don't send in snacks containing nuts and/or peanutbutter.